Pick-up game : a full day of full court

Summary Note

A series of short stories by such authors as Walter Dean Myers, Rita Williams-Garcia, and Joseph Bruchac, interspersed with poems and photographs, provides different perspectives on a game of .

General Note

Originally published in hardcover: Somerville, Mass. : Candlewick Press, 2011.

Content Note

Step in the arena / Charles R. Smith, Jr. -- Cage run / Walter Dean Myers -- Next / Charles R. Smith, Jr. -- Laws of motion / Bruce Brooks -- My boys / Charles R. Smith, Jr. -- Mira mira / Willie Perdomo -- Wild cats / Charles R. Smith, Jr. -- Virgins are lucky / Sharon. G. Flake -- El profesor / Charles R. Smith, Jr. -- Practice don;t make perfect / Robert Burleigh -- The fire inside / Charles R. Smith, Jt. -- He's gotta have it / Rita Williams-Garcia -- Back in the day / Charles R. Smith, Jr. -- Head game / Joseph Bruchac -- 24/7 / Charles R. Smith, Jr. -- Just Shane / Adam Rapp -- Represent / Charles R. Smith, Jr. -- The shoot / Robert Lipsyte -- Afterword / Marc Aronson.